BHP Billiton has snared the managing partner of Australian-based commercial firm Freehills, prompting Freehills to review its management structure. Mike Ferraro, one of two managing partners at the firm, is to head the legal department at BHP, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange. “We’re taking this opportunity to […]

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Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has scrapped its London managing partner role, leaving the UK office with no representation on the firm’s global executive committee. The move came after restructuring expert and former managing partner Andrew Wilkinson left the firm three months ago to join investment bank Goldman Sachs as co-head of restructuring. The firm has […]

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has defended itself against claims that it is racist and discriminates against non-white lawyers in its investigations. MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, had criticised the SRA for investigating complaints against a disproportionate number of ethnic minorities. Vaz alleged that 62 per cent of SRA […]

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BHP Billiton has snared the managing partner of Australian-based commercial firm Freehills, prompting Freehills to review its management structure. Mike Ferraro, one of two managing partners at the firm, is to head the legal department at BHP, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange. “We’re taking this opportunity to […]

Tulkinghorn was amused to learn the identity of one of the firms involved in the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi al Fayed. According to a release from the Coroner’s Office, the firm acting as solicitor to the inquest is one ‘Field Fisher Warehouse’. Presumably it specialises in bulk distribution, […]

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has scrapped its London managing partner role, leaving the UK office with no representation on the firm’s global executive committee. The move came after restructuring expert and former managing partner Andrew Wilkinson left the firm three months ago to join investment bank Goldman Sachs as co-head of restructuring. The firm has […]

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has defended itself against claims that it is racist and discriminates against non-white lawyers in its investigations. MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, had criticised the SRA for investigating complaints against a disproportionate number of ethnic minorities. Vaz alleged that 62 per cent of SRA […]

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